just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
I think some of those big mallsai looking ones have good nebari.
Could chop low and have a grow out a smaller beast.
Could chop low and have a grow out a smaller beast.
#lifegoalsI think they are fascinating, grotesquely beautiful.
You don't want to view them with your bonsai eyes.
View them with your Salvador Dali or M C Escher eyes. Maybe even Hieronymus Bosch eyes.
Or view them as otherworldly, an alien landscape or fairyland.
I love what some people do with plants that requires a great deal of skill or imagination, or both.
Here is one on my favorites, a living chair.
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I agree with this statement. In the field they loose their individual character and are just another tree in the row of other trees like it. Being showcased as an individual in a grander setting I can see their appeal.#lifegoals
Someone said topiary, and I agree with that premise. These aren't intended for collectors or shows. They're for the grand lobby in a fancy hotel, or the gardens of a university quad, or the office park.
I think @Lorax7 and @penumbra hit the nail on the head. Remove them to individual plantings, and their unique in their surroundings, offering interest we're missing from the video, as well as the skill it takes to create them being admirable.
For sure. Maybe those tall topiary examples should be renamed. Theodore Geisel Moraceae.It IS a dr Seuss wet dream
BonseussFor sure. Maybe those tall topiary examples should be renamed. Theodore Geisel Moraceae.
I think they are fascinating, grotesquely beautiful.
You don't want to view them with your bonsai eyes.
View them with your Salvador Dali or M C Escher eyes. Maybe even Hieronymus Bosch eyes.
Or view them as otherworldly, an alien landscape or fairyland.
I love what some people do with plants that requires a great deal of skill or imagination, or both.
Here is one on my favorites, a living chair.
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That's absolutely Crazy.
My comment was within the context of the screenshot posted... and the fact that this is a bonsai site.Are you guys ficus haters over here. Man this video is full of hundreds of different styles. Some very commercial, some 20’ tall take a huge latter to trim that I’m sure is not easy. Where’s the props??? Not here I guess!
I'm looking at this picture, seeing all the different shades of foliage, and realizing there must be at least half a dozen different trees in there!My comment was within the context of the screenshot posted... and the fact that this is a bonsai site.
If you just want to talk about random topiary, or all the weird ways people can style trees, I don't think those are particularly good examples. They are mass-produced mallsai on a large scale - without any particular design or balance. They are just ficus trees that were randomly bent when young... and then allowed to grow for a decade. I don't hate ficus or topiary. I hate mallsai.
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In the video, the grower of this creation demanded $300,000 USD for it.
xD Very cheap indeedIn the video, the grower of this creation demanded $300,000 USD for it.
That's nothing. I've got a Fukien Tree from Home Depot that I am demanding $1 million forIn the video, the grower of this creation demanded $300,000 USD for it.